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Introduction When improving student literacy we tend to focus on reading and writing skills. Apart from the core numeracy skills, research and critical thinking skills are also spoken of as highly valued. But, what about the visual literacy skills – the ability to see, understand and think, create and to communicate graphically? The Theory of…

Guest Post by Chris Bester (Y9 Social Studies Teacher at Palmerston North Boys’ High School) During the year my Year 9 Social Studies class studied Australia as a topic with special emphasis on the issues Aboriginal people faced during and after occupation of Australia in 1788 by Britain. The topic allowed us to do an…

This year we have introduced SOLO Taxonomy across the school in an effort to get our students to change the way that they think and to better understand the way they learn. More information about SOLO can be found here. I did some analysis of how my Year 10 (New Zealand 14/15 year old) Social Studies class in…

At the end of 2011 I had left my position as e-Learning Director at Wellington College and during 2012 worked as an e-Learning consultant and trainer to a number of schools and e-Learning PD clusters around New Zealand. It was a stimulating year where , having visiting a range of schools, I have been able…

I just had a reflective read through my e-fellow research report written in 2008 and was struck by how, four years later, the Blended Learning Model is so much more relevant today. In 2008, using Moodle’s forum tool, I encouraged a Year 11 History class to interact with the course content through a blend of…

Last year my Year 9 History class was about to embark on their task of researching Old Boys from their school who fought in the First World War. The dual purpose of the topic was for these new entrants to learn about the history of their school, their country at the time and the battle…

Well my year long elearning fellowship has finally come to an end and I will be back into regular teaching alongside my role as eLearning Director at Wellington College starting next year. This year has seen me test and research a model of learning which I had used previously with a Year 11 History class.…